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Beginnings: from the First Nations to the Great Migration
By Marshall Jamieson. 1996
A history of Canada to the mid-nineteenth century. Beginning with the Ice Age, the author discusses the history of Native…
Canadians, the arrival of Europeans, the development of New France, and the evolution of Upper and Lower Canada. He talks about how people lived, what they ate, and how they made their living. Grades 4-7. 1996.Homefront & battlefront: Nelson BC in World War II
By Sylvia Crooks. 2005
With a population of 7000, some 1,300 young men and women from Nelson went off to war in the early…
1940's. Seventy did not come home. The last Canadian serviceman to die in action was a Nelson boy. Nelson and district citizens also raised millions to support the war effort, and shipped thousands of pounds of clothing and eight tones of jam overseas. 2005.Beyond belief: incredible stories of old St. John's
By Jack Fitzgerald. 2001
A collection of incredible and intriguing stories highlighting St. John's, Newfoundland. With topics taken from the macabre, the curious, and…
the incredible, these stories reflect the city's colourful history. Subject matter includes buried treasure, the supernatural, the military, and strange people. 2001.Disaster Canada: from the 1700's to today
By Janet Looker. 2000
Explores the history of the country's most devastating catastrophes. Some are caused by powerful natural phenomena and erratic weather patterns,…
others can be put down to tragic human error. These stories expose the human core: our will to survive, our heroism, and our capacity to face the worst. 2000.All hell can't stop us: the On-to-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot
By W. A Waiser. 2003
The Great Depression of the 1930s brought drought, unemployment, and poverty to the West, and the token wages from the…
government's "make work" projects only fanned the flames of unrest. In 1935, this unrest turned into a march on Ottawa to demand a solution from Prime Minister R. B. Bennett. The On-to-Ottawa trek culminated in the Regina Riot, where the protesters and RCMP clashed in one of Canada's most significant historic events. 2003.Homicide: a year on the killing streets
By David Simon. 2009
The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre…
of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men confronted by the darkest of American visions. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and his book is both an account of casework and an investigation into our culture of violence. 2009.Klondike: the last great gold rush, 1896-1899
By Pierre Berton. 1972
Kings, queens & Canadians: a celebration of Canada's infatuation with the British Royal Family
By Robert M Stamp. 1987
Keepers of the light: a history of British Columbia's lighthouses and their keepers
By Donald Graham. 1985
Lighthouses evoke a sense of fascination and romance for a bygone era. The author takes the reader behind the scenes…
to tell the history of B.C.'s lighthouses and their keepers. 1985.Just east of sundown: the Queen Charlotte Islands
By Charles Lillard. 1995
The history of the Queen Charlotte Islands, from the fascinating legends of prehistory, through the boom-and-bust days of mining and…
logging, to the recent development of parks. This is a story of people, including Haida chiefs and carvers, European explorers, and settlers. 1996.Just another minute: more glimpses of our great Canadian heritage
By Marsha Boulton. 1997
A collection of anecdotes about Canadian history, from the famous to the almost unknown -- stories like that of the…
Canadian nurse named Florence Nightingale Graham, who became better known as cosmetics queen Elizabeth Arden; the invention of Pablum by doctors at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children; and the discovery of Charlie Chaplin by Quebec's Mack Sennett. 1997.Just a minute: glimpses of our great Canadian heritage
By Marsha Boulton. 1994
What do the discovery of dinosaur bones in Alberta, Jacques Plante's invention of the hockey mask and Marshall McLuhan's radical…
analysis of the media have in common? They're all among the many fascinating pieces that make up the Canadian puzzle. This book highlights interesting stories on the history of Canada. 1994.Indian school road: legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School
By Chris Benjamin. 2014
Journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting…
effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the school’s nearly forty years of operation (1930–1967) and beyond. A comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the Maritime school that uneducated hundreds of aboriginal children. 2014.I stand for Canada: the story of the Maple Leaf flag
By Rick Archbold. 2002
The maple leaf has been Canada's pre-eminent symbol, from its first appearance in French colonial times. The distinctive shape of…
the maple leaf was familiar to early settlers, and it was incorporated into the emblems of Canadian military regiments and organizations well before our present flag was created. The first comprehensive work on the origins, evolution, political history, and cultural significance of Canada's flag. 2002."Is Canada Even Real? is a funny nostalgia trip for Canadians and those poor, tobboganless souls outside our maple-scented borders.…
This book handily stitches together a fresh national identity based on Canada's true modern icons. It's a fun history lesson, and a quirky ode to a quirky land. 2017.Into the blue: family secrets and the search for a Great Lakes shipwreck
By Andrea Curtis. 2003
Journalist Andrea Curtis remembered her grandmother Eleanor as a sophisticated Montreal matriarch. Then she began researching the 1906 sinking of…
the steamboat J. H. Jones, which had been captained by Eleanor's father. While looking into his role in the tragedy, she discovered Eleanor's hidden past. 2003.I came as a stranger: the Underground Railroad
By Bryan Prince. 2004
The real story of how slaves escaped to Canada using the Underground Railroad, and of their lives after freedom. Also…
provides a brief history of events leading up to slavery in the United States and Canada, beginning with the slave trade as far back as the 1500s. Describes the actual people involved, including slaves, slave traders, and abolitionists. Includes related sites that can be visited today, an index, and a time line. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2004.Imaginary line: life on an unfinished border
By Jacques Poitras. 2011
At one time a single settlement shared both sides of the Saint John River, until a political trade-off split it…
down the middle, resulting in the Maine-New Brunswick border, the first boundary to be drawn between Canada and the U.S. For centuries, friends, lovers, schemers, and smugglers have reached across the line, but now, post 9/11, political paranoia has led to a sharp divide, disrupting the lives of residents. Poitras travels the length of the border to uncover an arbitrary line that shouldn’t be there, almost wasn’t there, and can be difficult to find even when it is there. Some strong language. 2011.Canada year by year
By Elizabeth MacLeod. 2016
A unique look at Canadian history. Captures milestones and many more in ten chapters filled with biographies, quotes and trivia.…
It's the story of the people, places and events that have shaped the country--one year at a time. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2017 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction. 2016.Along the shore: rediscovering Toronto's waterfront heritage
By M. Jane Fairburn. 2013
Along the Shore examines the Toronto waterfront, past and present, through the lens of four lakefront communities and districts -…
the Scarborough shore (including the Bluffs), the Beach, the Island, and the Lakeshore (New Toronto, Mimico, Humber Bay, and Long Branch). Each retains a direct and immediate connection with Lake Ontario and the natural world. Exploring the history, landscape, geography, and people of each of these waterfront areas reveals a rich heritage that has gone largely unrecognized and is for the most part forgotten. Brings to life the stories, many of which have never been told, of the lakefront and the people who have inhabited these special places. 2013.